Vilnius Historic Centre
An Eastern European city center with its original medieval street layout and architectural forms spanning centuries.
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Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast)
A scenic and dramatic landscape of rugged mountainous coastline and small towns crowding the slopes above the sea.
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Convent of Christ in Tomar
An architectural retrospective of Portugal and the Knights Templar in the form of a monastic center dating to the 12th-16th century.
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Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Ruins of a Bronze Age society that built unique circular defensive structures.
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Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
Romanesque architecture and art in harmony, in a charming Italian city.
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Delos
Extensive archeological site of an ancient Greek commercial center on an Aegean island.
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City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
Impressive fortifications and the original urban center of a historically important city.
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Van Nellefabriek
A masterpiece of modernist industrial design from the inter-war period.
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Historic Centre of Kraków
An important market town for hundreds of years and an outstanding example of urban planning, with a range of historical architectural styles.
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Old City of Dubrovnik
A well-preserved medieval, Renaissance and Baroque city inside extensive intact fortifications.
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Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay
A magnificent Gothic abbey on top of a small island in a bay with dramatic tides.
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Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
A beautifully intact example of a medieval trading city.
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Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
A palace and three gardens, one of which represents the epitome of Baroque garden design.
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Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
A beautifully-preserved and very picturesque medieval trading city.
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Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona
Medieval-era fortifications that once guarded a key strategic pass in the southern Alps.
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The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
A rural landscape shaped by centuries of farming, where old agricultural techniques are still in use.
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Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak
A 4th-century tomb containing frescoes that are masterpieces of Hellenistic Thracia.
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Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
A medieval Old Town and a neoclassical New Town that harmonize beautifully and that influenced European urban planning.
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Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
A collection of Roman ruins showing the importance of the “Rome of the North” in Germany.
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Burgos Cathedral
A magnificent example of Gothic architecture.
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Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
A grand Roman city and its later Romanesque additions, well-preserved in Arles city center.
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Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
Two striking buildings from Portugal’s “Golden Age” of global exploration and seafaring.
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Grimeton Radio Station
For radio buffs, a surviving operational example of pre-electronic radio technology.
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Castel del Monte
An unusual castle expressing Frederick II’s search for perfection, leading him to design the castle around the number 8.
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City of Verona
A city exemplifying 2000 years of uninterrupted artistic and architectural development.
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St Kilda
An isolated island of dramatic landscapes: a nature sanctuary, with ample evidence of human fortitude in such a remote spot.
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Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
A rare example of architecture from the Carolingian period.
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Speyer Cathedral
A landmark of Romanesque architecture dating to the 11th century.
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Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao
A colorful, dynamic and diverse Caribbean island capital with four distinct historical districts.
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Cultural Landscape of Sintra
A fine collection of fanciful Romantic-style palaces and castles.
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Old City of Salamanca
An ancient city with stunning architecture in Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles.
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La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
A masterpiece of late-Gothic architecture, used as a trading hall in the silk trade.
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Meteora
Perched on high rocks, these monasteries served as places of retreat and prayer for monastic communities.
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Jewish Quarter and St Procopius’ Basilica in Třebíč
A historical Jewish neighborhood and a Catholic Basilica illustrate how Jews and Christians co-existed peacefully.
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Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
A remarkably well-preserved complex of medieval Muslim architecture mixing Moorish and Spanish elements.
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Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
A classic medieval fortified town with intact walls, a castle, and a Gothic cathedral.
